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Coronavirus Surges Around The World Are Linked To Delta Variant

COVID-19 cases are increasing in many, poorly-vaccinated parts of the globe. We check in with reporters in Australia, Sierre Leone and with our science team to talk about the Delta variant's threats.

Delta Air Lines will start paying flight attendants for the time that passengers are boarding. That's a first for a major U.S. airline. Flight attendants in the U.S. generally don't begin getting paid until the doors close after boarding.

Delta will begin paying flight attendants for flight boarding time

Pay for flight attendants typically starts when all the passengers are seated and the plane's doors close. The change is expected to increase wages by several thousand dollars a year.

Category 3 Storm Hurricane Delta Heads To Louisiana

Hurricane Delta, a 'major' category 3 storm, is expected to make landfall Friday evening in the same area Laura hit in August. Forecasters warn of a life-threatening storm surge and powerful winds.

Feathers Fly Over Turkey Who Was A Passenger On A Delta Flight

A photo shows a turkey peering through the seats with an arm around it. Presumably that of the human who needed a therapy pet. USA Today reports there are many questions surrounding the flying turkey.

Delta Air Lines Pilot Leaves A Handgun In The Cockpit Of A Jet

Pilots are issued handguns and are deputized after receiving special training from the Transportation Security Administration.

Hurricane Delta is forecast to blast through the Gulf of Mexico, making landfall in the U.S. on Friday.

Delta Strengthens Into A Hurricane, Is Forecast To Hit Gulf Coast This Week

"All of Louisiana needs to prepare," says Gov. John Bel Edwards. Delta, which is headed first for Cuba and Mexico, is part of a storm season that exhausted the usual list of alphabetized names.

Hurricane Delta will strengthen as it heads toward the Louisiana coast, the National Hurricane Center says. The storm is expected to make landfall on Friday.

Hurricane Delta Heads For Louisiana Coast As A Category 3 Storm

"If ordered to evacuate by local officials, leave!" the National Weather Service office in New Orleans says. Delta's possible path includes Cameron, La., which is recovering from Hurricane Laura.

Hurricane Delta will pass over part of the Yucatan Peninsula before heading toward the Gulf Coast, where it's forecast to make landfall on the Louisiana coast late this week.

Hurricane Delta Heads For Yucatan Peninsula As Category 3 Storm

Delta went through "a very impressive rapid intensification episode," the National Hurricane Center said Tuesday morning after the storm strengthened to Category 4. It's weakened somewhat since then.

With her humor and wit, Julz Sale (center) helped Delta 5 craft a high-voltage sound that, to this day, still rings true.

Delta 5's Julz Sale had complete control

With her ferocious voice and a cutting sense of humor, singer and guitarist Sale — who died in September — helped Delta 5 craft a high-voltage sound that still rings true today.

A Delta Air Lines jet being serviced last year by Gate Gourmet caterers in San Francisco.

Dutch Police Join Investigation Into Needles Found In Delta Sandwiches

"I was in shock. I thought, 'Oh, my God," says a passenger who was injured when a needle punctured the roof of his mouth. Needles were found in five sandwiches aboard five flights to the U.S. on Sunday.

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